On April 4, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan V.Hajiyev met with the Director of the Department for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Special Representative for Afghanistan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development of Great Britain Andrew McCoubrey via videoconference. During the meeting, the parties discussed a wide range of issues of cooperation on the Afghan problem. Particular emphasis was placed on certain humanitarian issues relating to the s...

On April 3, 2023, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Vepa Hajiyev met with the Deputy Director of the Policy Analysis and Public Relations Division of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Fedor Klimchuk and Deputy Head of the Section for Co-financing and Partnerships Igor Kondratyev. During the meeting, the parties highly appreciated the active cooperation of Turkmenistan with UNODC, discussed the implementation of national, regional and global UNODC progra...

In the period of March 29-31, 2023, a delegation led by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan, Myahri Byashimova, arrived on a working visit to New York to participate in a high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the transition to zero waste as a transformative solution in achieving the sustainable development goals. As part of her visit, on March 29, at the UN Headquarters, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan held a meeting with Assistant Secretar...

On March 30, 2023, cultural and scientific activities in Korea continued at the Hankuk University of the foreign languages in Seoul. The program of the event included performances by Turkmen artists, a screening of a Turkmen film in Korean called "At-myrat", dedicated to the Akhal-Teke horses. In addition, an exhibition was opened in the foyer of the university, where portraits and books of the great Turkmen poet and thinker Magtymguly Fragi, as well as works of arts and crafts and museum val...

On March 29, 2023, the President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov accepted the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov. The head of the Uzbek Foreign Ministry conveyed heartfelt greetings from the President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev to the head of state, as well as to the Chairman of the Halk Maslahaty Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, who addressed the wishes of well-being and prosperity to all Turkmen citizens. The President of Turkmenistan, in turn, convey...

On March 29, 2023, political consultations were held in Ashgabat between the foreign ministries of Turkmenistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan. The delegations were headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan Bakhtiyor Saidov. During the consultations, the current state and prospects of bilateral cooperation, issues of expanding political relations and filling them with practical content, incl...

On March 28, 2023, a briefing was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan on the issues of the city of Arkadag, the great importance of this project for Turkmenistan, as well as international aspects related to its implementation. The event was attended by diplomats of the Foreign Ministry, heads and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in our country, representative offices of international organizations, foreign and domestic media. Minister of Foreign Affair...